Transmetropolitan, Vol. 1
Back on the Street
by Warren Ellis
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appears in Comics, Comics, and Fiction.
After years of selfimposed exile from a civilization rife with degradation and indecency, cynical journalist Spider Jerusalem is forced to return to a job that he hates and a city that he loathes. Working as an investigative reporter for the newspaper The Word, Spider attacks the injustices of his surreal 23rd Century surroundings. Combining black...
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